NURS-6501N Advanced
Pathophysiology Final Exam
Questions Correctly Answered
|Verified latest update 2023/2024
WALDEN UNIVERSITY
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
What is the link between major depression and cortisol secretion?
Selected Individuals with depression show that persistently elevated plasma
Answer: cortisol levels can result in inflammation that is believed to trigger depression.
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A patient has chronic anemia associated with chronic renal failure. What substance does the healthcare
professional tell the patient is needed to treat this anemia?
,Selected Erythropoietin
Answer:
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
What is the first indication of nephrotic syndrome in children?
Selected Periorbital
Answer: edema
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
A patient is in the Emergency Department with heat stroke. What finding does the healthcare provider
associate with this condition?
Selected Absence of sweating despite a high core
Answer: temperature
Question 5
0 out of 1 points
Clinical manifestations that include irregular or heavy bleeding, the passage of large clots, and the depletion of
iron stores support which diagnosis?
Selected Polycystic ovary
Answer: syndrome
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
The health care professional is caring for a person who has a pathologic fracture. The patient asks the
professional to explain the condition. What response by the professional is best?
Selected A fracture that happens at the site of an abnormality already
Answer: in that bone.
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone surfaces to partially lose
contact with each other. What treatment does the health care professional prepare the patient for?
Selected Reduction and
Answer: immobilization
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Cystic fibrosis is characterized by which symptom?
, Selected Excessive mucus
Answer: production
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
An infant has gluten-sensitive enteropathy and the parents ask the healthcare professional to explain why the
baby bruises so easily. The professional explains that the baby has which deficit?
Selected Vitamin K deficiency from fat
Answer: malabsorption
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional advises a pregnant woman to add supplements of which nutrient to her diet to
prevent birth defects?
Selected Folat
e
Answer:
Question 11
1 out of 1 points
A mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The healthcare professional would explain
that which hormone is linked to an increase in appetite during puberty?
Selected Lepti
n
Answer:
Question 12
1 out of 1 points
Why is nasal congestion a serious threat to young infants?
Selected Infants are obligatory nose
Answer: breathers.
Question 13
1 out of 1 points
A student studying osteomyelitis and asks for an explanation of the term sequestrum. What response by the
professor is best?
Selected An area of devascularized and devitalized Answer: bone
Question 14
Pathophysiology Final Exam
Questions Correctly Answered
|Verified latest update 2023/2024
WALDEN UNIVERSITY
Question 1
1 out of 1 points
What is the link between major depression and cortisol secretion?
Selected Individuals with depression show that persistently elevated plasma
Answer: cortisol levels can result in inflammation that is believed to trigger depression.
Question 2
1 out of 1 points
A patient has chronic anemia associated with chronic renal failure. What substance does the healthcare
professional tell the patient is needed to treat this anemia?
,Selected Erythropoietin
Answer:
Question 3
1 out of 1 points
What is the first indication of nephrotic syndrome in children?
Selected Periorbital
Answer: edema
Question 4
1 out of 1 points
A patient is in the Emergency Department with heat stroke. What finding does the healthcare provider
associate with this condition?
Selected Absence of sweating despite a high core
Answer: temperature
Question 5
0 out of 1 points
Clinical manifestations that include irregular or heavy bleeding, the passage of large clots, and the depletion of
iron stores support which diagnosis?
Selected Polycystic ovary
Answer: syndrome
Question 6
1 out of 1 points
The health care professional is caring for a person who has a pathologic fracture. The patient asks the
professional to explain the condition. What response by the professional is best?
Selected A fracture that happens at the site of an abnormality already
Answer: in that bone.
Question 7
1 out of 1 points
A patient has a temporary displacement of two bones in a joint causing the bone surfaces to partially lose
contact with each other. What treatment does the health care professional prepare the patient for?
Selected Reduction and
Answer: immobilization
Question 8
1 out of 1 points
Cystic fibrosis is characterized by which symptom?
, Selected Excessive mucus
Answer: production
Question 9
1 out of 1 points
An infant has gluten-sensitive enteropathy and the parents ask the healthcare professional to explain why the
baby bruises so easily. The professional explains that the baby has which deficit?
Selected Vitamin K deficiency from fat
Answer: malabsorption
Question 10
1 out of 1 points
A healthcare professional advises a pregnant woman to add supplements of which nutrient to her diet to
prevent birth defects?
Selected Folat
e
Answer:
Question 11
1 out of 1 points
A mother reports that her young teens have voracious appetites. The healthcare professional would explain
that which hormone is linked to an increase in appetite during puberty?
Selected Lepti
n
Answer:
Question 12
1 out of 1 points
Why is nasal congestion a serious threat to young infants?
Selected Infants are obligatory nose
Answer: breathers.
Question 13
1 out of 1 points
A student studying osteomyelitis and asks for an explanation of the term sequestrum. What response by the
professor is best?
Selected An area of devascularized and devitalized Answer: bone
Question 14
